ἐλάχιστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλαχύς (elakhús) + -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.lá.kʰis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈla.kʰis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
Adjective
ἐλᾰ́χῐστος • (elákhistos) m (feminine ἐλᾰχῐ́στη, neuter ἐλᾰ́χῐστον); first/second declension
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστος elákhistos |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi |
ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Genitive | ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στης elakhístēs |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin |
ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn | |||||
Dative | ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στῃ elakhístēi |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin |
ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois |
ἐλᾰχῐ́σταις elakhístais |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois | |||||
Accusative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στην elakhístēn |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στους elakhístous |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱς elakhístās |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Vocative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστε elákhiste |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā |
ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi |
ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai |
ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista |
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Derived terms
- τοὐλάχιστον (toulákhiston)
Further reading
- “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐλάχιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλάχιστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- infinitesimal idem, page 438.
- least idem, page 483.